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john zarrella and chad myers join me now for more. so, john, let's start with you. you have been following the story very closely and are live at nasa's jetropulsion laboratory in california. tell us about this new veo and what exactly are we seeing? >> reporter: well, in fact, zoraida, what we're seeing in this video are images taking from the descent camera, made by space industries down in san diego. and the video shows the curiosity rover as it is descending down through the atmosphere to the touchdown on mars. it was 297 images all put together into one continuous short video. and then there was the haz cam image. they finally did get a higher resolution picture which shows mt. sharp in the distance. and that mt. sharp is, of course, critical what they are hoping to do is get over to mt. sharp eventually and they can look back in history at the history of mars. and i believe the news conference has begun out here at the jet propulsion laboratory and we do expect to get some new pictures coming in from this press conference. >> mechanism is in fine shape, but it
john zarrella and chad myers join me now for more. so, john, let's start with you. you have been following the story very closely and are live at nasa's jetropulsion laboratory in california. tell us about this new veo and what exactly are we seeing? >> reporter: well, in fact, zoraida, what we're seeing in this video are images taking from the descent camera, made by space industries down in san diego. and the video shows the curiosity rover as it is descending down through the...
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we're going to go back to john zarrella now and talk about this. john, this is what i gathered from this press conference, that everything is working the way it's supposed to be working, that they're very excited about these images that they've received. i thought ken edgitt, senior research scientist there, actually got a little emotional. am i right? >> reporter: yeah, you know, he's been working with malin space systems down in san diego for quite a while, and, you know, one of the crowning glories for them for this flight is the descent imager. we talked about that before the press conference started. that's the one that got the images of curiosity going through the atmosphere and as it approached, you know, very much apollo-like pictures as it approached the surface. and the story behind that, zoraida, is that a few years ago nasa, to save money, decided they were going to scrap it. they weren't going to finish the project. there wouldn't be a descent imager. edgitt and mike malin said, you know what, we're going to finish it on our own and ma
we're going to go back to john zarrella now and talk about this. john, this is what i gathered from this press conference, that everything is working the way it's supposed to be working, that they're very excited about these images that they've received. i thought ken edgitt, senior research scientist there, actually got a little emotional. am i right? >> reporter: yeah, you know, he's been working with malin space systems down in san diego for quite a while, and, you know, one of the...
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john zarrella, thank you so much. appreciate that. >> reporter: sure. >>> we're heading into the final week of competitions aet the olympic games in london. we're going to reflect on some of your favorite moments and my favorite moments, especially since i got to tag along with that gentleman. his name happened to be whitfield, mal whitfield. just before that rich sweetness touches your lips. the delightful discovery, the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to yourself. well, almost. the sweet reward, making a delicious choice that's also a smart choice. splenda no-calorie sweetener. with the original sugar-like taste you love and trust. splenda makes the moment yours. i'll give you money for gas. [ laughing ] not necessary. take the money. i'm not taking your money. besides i get great gas mileage. what's that? it's eassist. helps the engine run really efficiently. it captures energy that assists the engine... so i'm never guzzling gas. oh -- that's hippie talk. it's called technology dad... here t
john zarrella, thank you so much. appreciate that. >> reporter: sure. >>> we're heading into the final week of competitions aet the olympic games in london. we're going to reflect on some of your favorite moments and my favorite moments, especially since i got to tag along with that gentleman. his name happened to be whitfield, mal whitfield. just before that rich sweetness touches your lips. the delightful discovery, the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to...
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john zarrella is on top of everything at the jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena. what are we seeing here, john? >> well, don, let me bring you back here real quick before we show you the images again and tell you where we are getting those from and what they do back behind me, and you can see a model of curiosity and the mast there, and on either side of the masts are the circular cameras, ster stereocams and they are called navigation cameras, and they use those to navigate, and then the square cameras in the middle are the mast cameras. so, now, the pictures that they got today came from both of the different instruments, and now the nav cameras took the image that shows the deck of curiosity, and on top of the deck of curiosity, you will see all of the pebbles. they are trying to figure our and in fact, the entry and descent landing team now has a job the do to try to figure out how all of the pebbles got up there, and they think it of course happened when the rocket engines were fire on the descent stage as it was lowering curiosity to the ground and kicked up
john zarrella is on top of everything at the jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena. what are we seeing here, john? >> well, don, let me bring you back here real quick before we show you the images again and tell you where we are getting those from and what they do back behind me, and you can see a model of curiosity and the mast there, and on either side of the masts are the circular cameras, ster stereocams and they are called navigation cameras, and they use those to navigate, and then...
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john zarrella, cnn, pasadena, california. >>> and nasa expects to get more new pictures from mars this afternoon. >>> right plane, wrong airport. the fendz want ds want to know plane landed away from its destination. touches your lips. the delightful discovery, the mid-sweetening realization that you have the house all to yourself. well, almost. the sweet reward, making a delicious choice that's also a smart choice. splenda no-calorie sweetener. with the original sugar-like taste you love and trust. splenda makes the moment yours. [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] ow! [ male announcer ] when your favorite foods fight you, fight back fast with tums smoothies. so fast and smooth, you'll forget you had heartburn. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums [ male announcer ] tums smoothies. has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. what's the rush? this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires.
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john za real la report >> john za zarrella reports. >> wolf, curiosity has landed. the most sophisticated piece of equipment is on the ground awaiting orders from a jubilant team. they could do nothing but wait for the signal to reach them from 154 million miles away. then suddenly euphoria. an eruption of emotions. [ cheering ] the your kosty rover, the centerpiece of this $2.5 billion mission was alive on the surface. it had survived the ride through the atmosphere. an incredible image taken from an orbiting spacecraft shows curiosity's parachute during the decent. >> all the things that kept me and the rest of the team awake for years. we don't have to dream about it. we don't have to think about it anymore. so it's a great thrill and a great relief for all of us. one of the six wheels sitting on the surface, a blurry image taken through a dust cover. the second a tantalizing slice of the landing site. in new york's time square people watched and cheered as the landing drama unfolded. here the landing team soaked by success. curiosity had threaded the needle righ
john za real la report >> john za zarrella reports. >> wolf, curiosity has landed. the most sophisticated piece of equipment is on the ground awaiting orders from a jubilant team. they could do nothing but wait for the signal to reach them from 154 million miles away. then suddenly euphoria. an eruption of emotions. [ cheering ] the your kosty rover, the centerpiece of this $2.5 billion mission was alive on the surface. it had survived the ride through the atmosphere. an incredible...